Vartan Manucharyan had jammed once and then did so for 1,100,000 via three-bet holding the . Initial raiser Ravil Ravil Khamatgareev had raised to 160,000 with the and used his full 30 seconds of the shot clock before electing to fold.
Mikhail Gusev moved all in for 570,000 from under the gun and Maksym Lavrov on the button called after having asked for an exact count. Leonid Semenyuk in the big blind asked for the stack size of Lavrov and sent his cards into the muck.
Mikhail Gusev:
Maksym Lavrov:
Gusev hit a pair on the flop but Lavrov regained the lead on the turn. A blank fell on the river and that sent Gusev to the rail in 10th place. All nine remaining players will now redraw to the final table, take a break for the chip counts and the group picture.
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Leonid Semenyuk raised to 160,000 first to act with the and Aleksandr Chernikov called with the in the big blind. They checked down the board of and Semenyuk claimed the first pot of the final table.
Vasiliy Tsapko raised to 160,000 with the and Aleksandr Chernikov called with on the button, Leonid Semenyuk called out of the small blind with . The flop brought and Semenyuk checked, Tsapko bet 210,000 and both flushdraws called.
The fell on the turn and action checked to Chernikov, who made it 600,000 to go. Semenyuk folded his king-high flushdraw and Tsapko also elected to fold.
Next up it was Maksym Lavrov that opened to 160,000 first to act with the and Ravil Khamatgareev called in the small blind with . The flop came and Khamatgareev checked, as did Lavrov. After the turn, Khamatgareev checked once more and Lavrov now bet 95,000.
Anton Konovalov raised to 200,000 first to act with the and Konstantin Lichagin used a time bank on the button before flat-calling with the , Vasiliy Tsapko filled up from the big blind with the .
On the flop, action checked to Lichagin and he bet 250,000. Only Tsapko check-called and they headed to the turn.
Tsapko made it 505,000 to go and Lichagin used another time bank before sending his aces into the muck.
Ivan Fedorov jammed from under the gun to win the pot and then three-bet shoved the next hand out of the big blind with , initial raiser Maksym Lavrov folded .
One hand later, Fedorov jammed the small blind and Vartan Manucharyan called all in for 13 big blinds.
Vartan Manucharyan:
Ivan Fedorov:
The board ran out a straight on and they chopped it up.